Your turn
What's the biggest challenge you've faced as a parrot owner? How did you overcome it? Send us a 750- to 1,000-word essay on the topic by May 25, 2002 and you may win a $50
gift certificate to DrsFosterSmith.com!
Would you hire a bird behaviorist? If not, why not? If you have, did it help? Let us know and we'll report our findings in an upcoming issue.
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Picture poll
Here are your favorite
parrot pictures
that include you, too!
 | | Debi Schmitt of Los Osos, Calif., makes small talk with Nelson, her 11-year-old African grey, at her bird club's Christmas party. |
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 | | Jerry of Central West Virginia is "servant" of Ollie and Chloe, 6-year-old Moluccan cockatoos. |
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 | | Petee the Senegal smooches owner Vicky L. Brown of Ottawa. |
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 | | Blaze the sun conure pops up in the strangest places, sometimes right under owner Vicky's nose. |
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 | | Tabbi plays human perch for (from left) Happy Macaw, eclectuses Simon and Zoe, and Congo African Greys Baby, Chelsea and Cagney. |
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 | | Janga the greenwing macaw gets festive with a Santa hat. Chris Arnold of Terrace, Canada, helped him put it on. |
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 | | Kiwi, an umbrella cockatoo, loves showers and being pampered afterward in a pink terry towel. Back in her cage, Kiwi jumps up and down in her water dish to get even wetter, says proud "Mom" Mel Denomme of Terrace, Canada (in the white towel). |
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 | | This unidentified owner is rightly proud of his parrot's healthy proportions. What a buff bird! (April Fool's! Hee, hee.) |
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For our next Picture Poll, send us your favorite parrot JPEG by May 25, 2002 and tell us: How did you come up with your parrot's name? Please include your name, city and state.
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